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Record 12001

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Home and stayed up a good while, examining Will in his Latin bible and my brother along with him in his Greeke. And so to prayers and to bed.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 9 Aug 1663
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: at home of brother Samuel Pepys
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:John Pepys
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Student at Cambridge, Christ's College, brother of Samuel Pepys
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Brother Samuel Pepys. Also present, Samuel Pepys's servant, Will Hewer
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [n/a]
Title: [Greek Bible]
Genre: Bible
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12001  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 4
  Page: 269
  Additional comments: Co-editor William Matthews

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 269, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12001, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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